B4 Thursday, August 5, 2021 SCOREBOARD The Daily Independent | Ashland, Kentucky REDS SPORTS ON THE AIR TODAY 8 p.m. — Atlanta at St. Louis ...... ESPN CENTRAL NFL CFL 8 p.m. — Preseason: Dallas vs. Pittsburgh, Hall of Fame 8:30 p.m. — Hamilton at Winnipeg ...... ESPN2 Game, Canton, Ohio ...... FOX TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY GOLF RUGBY 10 a.m. — PGA Tour: The Barracuda Championship, First 6 a.m. (Friday) — NRL: South Sydney at Parramatta ....FS2 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Round, Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood Course), MEN’S SOCCER 7:10 p.m. 7:10 p.m. 7:10 p.m. Truckee, Calif...... GOLF 12 p.m. — PGA Tour: The WGC FedEx St Jude Invitational, 8 p.m. — CONCACAF League: Verdes FC vs. Santos de Gray (3-6, 4.26) Miley (8-4, 2.86) Gutierrez (6-3, 4.39) First Round, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn...... GOLF Guápiles, Preliminary Round 1st Leg, Belmopan, Belize FS2 Crowe (3-5, 5.40) Brubaker (4-10, 4.49) Keller (3-8, 7.05) 10 p.m. — CONCACAF League: Comunicaciones FC vs. De- HORSE RACING portivo FC, Preliminary Round 1st Leg, Guatemala City, BALLY SPORTS OHIO BALLY SPORTS OHIO BALLY SPORTS OHIO 1 p.m. — NYRA: Saratoga Live ...... FS2 Guatemala ...... FS2 MLB TENNIS

Los Angeles 53 54 .495 12 12 p.m. — NY Mets at Miami...... MLBN 2 p.m. — Washington D.C.-ATP & San Jose-WTA Early BASEBALL 39 68 .364 26 4 p.m. — Philadelphia at Washington...... MLBN Rounds ...... TENNIS Boston (Pérez 7-7) at Detroit (Skubal 6- N.Y. Mets (Hill 6-4) at Miami (TBD), 12:10 NL Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE 10), 1:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE p.m. AL Standings East Division Tuesday's Games L.A. Angels (Bundy 1-8) at Texas (Howard Tuesday's Games Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-10) at Colorado WLPctGBToronto 7, Cleveland 2 0-2), 2:05 p.m. Philadelphia 5, Washington 4 (Márquez 9-8), 3:10 p.m. East Division New York 55 51 .519 _ N.Y. Yankees 13, Baltimore 1 Seattle (Anderson 5-8) at N.Y. Yankees Miami 5, N.Y. Mets 4 San Francisco (Wood 9-3) at Arizona (Kel- WLPctGB Philadelphia 54 53 .505 1½ Seattle 4, Tampa Bay 2 (Cortes Jr. 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota 7, Cincinnati 5 ly 7-8), 3:40 p.m. Tampa Bay 65 44 .596 _ Atlanta 53 54 .495 2½ Detroit 4, Boston 2 Cleveland (McKenzie 1-4) at Toronto Atlanta 6, St. Louis 1 Philadelphia (Nola 7-6) at Washington Boston 63 45 .583 1½ Washington 49 58 .458 6½ Minnesota 7, Cincinnati 5 (Stripling 4-6), 7:07 p.m. Colorado 13, Chicago Cubs 6 (Ross 5-9), 4:05 p.m. New York 57 49 .538 6½ Miami 46 61 .430 9½ Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 1 Kansas City (Lynch 1-3) at Chicago White Pittsburgh 8, Milwaukee 5, 10 innings Pittsburgh (Crowe 3-5) at Cincinnati (Gray Toronto 55 49 .529 7½ Central Division L.A. Angels 11, Texas 3 Sox (Keuchel 7-4), 8:10 p.m. Arizona 3, San Francisco 1 3-6), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore 38 68 .358 25½ WLPctGBSan Diego 8, Oakland 1 Minnesota (Jax 1-1) at Houston (Valdez 7- 8, Oakland 1 Atlanta (Muller 2-3) at St. Louis (LeBlanc Central Division Milwaukee 65 44 .596 _ Houston 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 2), 8:10 p.m. Houston 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 0-2), 8:15 p.m. WLPctGB Cincinnati 57 51 .528 7½ Wednesday's Games Friday's Games Wednesday's Games Friday's Games Chicago 63 44 .589 _ St. Louis 53 53 .500 10½ Tampa Bay 4, Seattle 3 Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 Cincinnati 6, Minnesota 5 Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 Cleveland 52 52 .500 9½ Chicago 51 57 .472 13½ Cincinnati 6, Minnesota 5 p.m. Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 2 p.m. Detroit 52 57 .477 12 Pittsburgh 41 67 .380 23½ San Diego at Oakland, n Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, n N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City 45 60 .429 17 West Division Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, n Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, n Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota 45 63 .417 18½ WLPctGBCleveland at Toronto, n Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, n Washington at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m. West Division San Francisco 67 40 .626 _ Boston at Detroit, n Detroit at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Atlanta at St. Louis, n San Francisco at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. WLPctGB Los Angeles 64 44 .593 3½ L.A. Angels at Texas, n Minnesota at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Colorado, n Kansas City at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Houston 65 42 .607 _ San Diego 62 47 .569 6 Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, n Kansas City at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Houston at L.A. Dodgers, n Miami at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Oakland 60 48 .556 5½ Colorado 47 60 .439 20 Houston at L.A. Dodgers, n Texas at Oakland, 9:40 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, n Arizona at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. Seattle 58 51 .532 8 Arizona 34 74 .315 33½ Today's Games L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Today's Games L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

which the KHSAA is allowing Portsmouth West. He was 9-of- due to the COVID-19 pandem- 14 for 274 yards against the HUGHES: ic. Senators. From Page B1 “I think that it was too good “The first play of that game of an opportunity to pass up,” we put Ethan Cox in motion said Hughes will also play re- Hughes said. “It’s going to be and put Gunnur (Lewis) on ceiver — a good choice because good for my schooling.” the wheel,” Hughes said. he caught a team-high 35 pass- Hughes replacing the gradu- “That whole week during es for 494 yards and four touch- ated Jake Heighton in the practice, I’d never get that downs last year. He said Hugh- backfield is not a new thing – wheel route; we couldn’t time es’s familiarity with the of- he took over in a 41-0 loss to it out.” fense is not the initial thing Russell two weeks into the The result against you should notice. 2019 season after Heighton Portsmouth West: a 70-yard “First of all, his biggest at- broke his collarbone. . Hughes followed tribute is, he’s an unbelievable “I remember that,” Hughes with a 37-yarder to Cox and 39- teammate; that’s above all,” said. “It was an experience.” and 50-yard tosses to Lewis. Salmons said. “Second of all, It was also somewhat of a For the season, Hughes com- his mental toughness and his serendipitous spate of good pleted 47 of 84 passes for 778 physical toughness are conta- fortune. He started the next yards, 13 and only gious among his teammates.” four games and threw for four three . Hughes is taking a supple- touchdowns each in wins over “(Heighton) taught me to be mental season as a junior, Rowan County and composed in the game,” Hugh-

PHOTOS BY MATT JONES | THE DAILY INDEPENDENT Raceland’s Conner Hughes prepares to compete in a drill during practice on July 28.

es said. just a winner, he’s a competi- Hughes said he’s more a tor; he goes out and gets it scrambling , a la done every day.” 2012 winner Hughes would like to throw Johnny Manziel of Texas a much deeper ball this year. A&M; and no, he does not What’s more, he has moved on want to emulate Manziel’s from 2020, and believes most subsequent NFL downfall. folks have as well. Ask him who his football role “I don’t really blame any- model is — he joins about body for that, man,” he said. 5,493,207 others and says it’s “Last year, it was a wild year. seven-time winner We got a full season in; I think . we were one of the few high “I know that’s kind of school football teams in Ken- cliché,” Hughes said. “He’s tucky to get a full season in.”

Raceland’s Conner Hughes looks on at the Rams practice field on July 28.

Reserves get their chance at HOF game

CANTON, Ohio (AP) If staying at the training you’re looking for stars camp site in , during Hall of Fame en- along with right guard shrinement week, con- , left tackle centrate on the museum , receiver itself and the inductions and defen- this weekend. sive end DeMarcus You won’t find many, if Lawrence. any, stars playing Thurs- The competition for day night when the NFL the backup QB job will preseason begins with be in full swing with Dallas playing Pitts- , Cooper burgh. Rush and Ben DiNucci Indeed, with the num- expected to get time. ber of preseason games As for the Steelers, reduced from four to who faded so badly after three, with the exception an 11-0 record last sea- of the Cowboys and son, there's plenty of al- Steelers, the opportunity teration on offense. Sure, to see the big names on QB the field will be dimin- is back for his 18th sea- ished further. For Cow- son, but the line has boys coach Mike Mc- been rebuilt and the Carthy, the Hall of Fame scheme has been game carries importance AP PHOTO tweaked under new coor- as a trial for guys on the From left to right, Dallas Ben DiNucci, , Garrett Gilbert and run drills during training dinator Matt Canada. back end of the roster, camp in Oxnard, Calif., on Saturday. Maybe some extra and for backups at key game work wouldn't positions. at a good half of foot- what the preseason has tices. This is about the So no, quarterback hurt. "The fact that we’re ball," says McCarthy, always been about. development of your ros- Dak Prescott — despite “It’s not all new ver- playing the four games whose first season with You’re able to get your ter, the competition of coming off a gruesome biage and concepts,” this year, Week 1 and Dallas was a 6-10 fiasco starters and guys you your roster. And what right ankle injury that coach Mike Tomlin says. Week 4 will be huge marred by key injuries have history with, you better way to let these shortened his 2020 cam- “Matt’s done a really games for the younger and indifferent perform- can get most of your guys compete than these paign — won't play. He is good, thoughtful job of players. You’re looking ances. “To me, this is work done in the prac- preseason games.” among 16 Dallas players easing the transition.”